A Review and Evaluation of Recent Scholarship on America’s War in Vietnam

David Jervis

doi:10.18778/8220-183-3

A Review and Evaluation of Recent Scholarship on America’s War in Vietnam

David Jervis

Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

Publication:

New Dynamics in Asia

Series: Contemporary Asian Studies Series

Pages: 13-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-183-3.02

Keywords: China’s Rising Influence in the World, Changes in Asian Countries, Asia, Japanese Democracy

Published: 30 December 2020

Categories: Political science and international relations, Open Access

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This review examines three recently-published books about the Vietnam War: Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam, and Brian VanDeMark, Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam. As indicated by the books’ titles, they all depict the war as a “tragedy,” “a disaster,” etc. The review will detail their explanations for the Vietnam tragedy and evaluate the alternatives they suggest.

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Jervis, David. 2020. “A Review and Evaluation of Recent Scholarship on America’s War in Vietnam”. In New Dynamics in Asia, edited by Karol Żakowski, 13-25. Contemporary Asian Studies Series. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-183-3.02.